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Johnny was happy. The week went by fast; school was actually easy for him, and now he got to spend the day with his big brother.
Unfortunately, Johnny was forced to walk home alone. Daniel decided to go over to Mr. Miyagi's house after school to learn more stuff for the tournament. Johnny was amazed. The tournament, and Daniel's birthday, was coming up fast.
He wasn't sure what day the tournament was, but by the way that Daniel spoke, it sounded sooner than Johnny imagined.
Lawrence was still up to his old ways though. Daniel and Ali planned on going back to Golf N' Stuff last night, but Ali had a dinner at some country club. Daniel went to go pick her up; instead, Daniel came home furious with stained clothes.
Johnny didn't dare ask what happened, but he knew it was the doing of Lawrence .
Who else would do that to Daniel?
Johnny wouldn't admit it, but he was kind of happy that Daniel and Ali were fighting. Sure, Ali was nice and everything, but Johnny didn't really care for her.
She seemed like a typical soc.
To him, it felt like she was using Daniel. It seemed like Ali was using Daniel to get back with Lawrence . Daniel didn't see it, so Johnny kept his mouth shut.
But that's just what Johnny thought. Who knew if it was true?
Johnny was all alone when he got home. Lucille had taken a night shift tonight, so she wouldn't be home until eleven o'clock or later. Johnny didn't mind the apartment being so quiet. It gave him the perfect opportunity to do his homework.
That's exactly what he did.
Johnny took a seat at the table and began the several worksheets Mr. Henderson gave him. He breezed right through them. Johnny liked Mr. Henderson. He thoroughly explained the content they were studying. Johnny liked that.
He struggled with his English homework. They had to write a poem in iambic pentameter, but Johnny didn't understand it. He even approached Mrs. Stacey.
She wasn't any help. She merely told him to figure it out on his own.
"It's your punishment for not paying attention,"
He heard her voice clear as day. Johnny didn't think it was very fair that she wouldn't explain it quickly to him. It wasn't hisfault that he couldn't pay attention. From what he did hear of her lesson, she didn't even make it very clear.
Whether he paid attention or not, he would've still struggled with his homework. That wasn't very fair. It reminded him of what Mr. Miyagi had said the night of the Halloween dance.
"No such thing bad student, only bad teacher,"
It fit Mrs. Stacy's class very appropriately. She wasn't the greatest teacher ever. She should take lessons from Mr. Henderson.
The door leading to outside opened up, and Daniel stepped inside. He tossed his backpack onto the couch and looked at Johnny happily.
"Are you ready to go have a boys' night out?" Daniel asked. Johnny nodded happily and pushed his English homework away. He was glad to get away from it.
"Hey, Daniel," Johnny said, putting his shoes on. Daniel looked up at him, encouraging him to continue. "Do you know anything about iambic pentameter?" Daniel crossed his arms and tapped his cheek with his finger.
"Hmm, I'm afraid I don't. How come?" Johnny sighed.
Mrs. Stacy wasn't going to like this.
"I have English homework, but my teacher won't further explain what it is. So, I'm stuck," Daniel smirked.
"Don't turn in the assignment, and when she asks for it, tell her you didn't do it because you didn't understand it," he suggested. Johnny looked at him.
"I don't know if that's a good idea," Johnny said uneasily.
"What's your grade in that class?"
"It's an 85 at the moment,"
"Just do it. You can afford a missing assignment," Daniel said, leaving the apartment. To Johnny, that didn't sound like such a bad idea. It'd be like revenge.
It'd be like revenge on Mrs. Stacy.
Johnny smiled. He slipped his other shoe on and quickly tied it before following Daniel outside.
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The two of them went to the closest restaurant. When they arrived, Johnny wasn't so sure. He had seen a lot of rundown buildings, but this one stuck out to him.
It didn't look safe.
The building looked like it could collapse at any moment, and the inside wasn't any better. It was disgusting and dirty. Johnny wanted to go somewhere else.
"Can we go somewhere else? This place doesn't make me feel safe," Johnny whispered. Daniel looked down at him.
"I was thinking the same thing, but Freddy said they had really good food,"
"I don't think I'd like to find out the answer," Johnny said, looking around the dirty building.
"Me too. I think it'll be worth the two mile walk to the restaurant Mom works at," Johnny nodded his head, and both boys hurried out of disease written place.
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Daniel told Johnny everything about his training. Johnny found it fascinating that painting a house, painting a fence, and sanding a floor could help learn karate.
". . . And that's when he showed me that I was in fact learning karate," Daniel explained. He had just finished telling Johnny the story about their disagreement.
Lucille ended up delivering their food. When she noticed her two sons bonding, she looked like she was about to cry. She handed them their plates and then hurried off without saying a word.
"I don't see why she got so emotional. She makes it seem like all we do is fight," Daniel sighed, picking up his fork. Johnny nodded in agreement.
But maybe to her, Daniel ignoring Johnny was equivalent to fighting.
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